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SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY
SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY. Established around 1876, the Smedley Steam Pump Company manufactured all types of pumping equipment. One specialty was manufacturing mining machinery including pumps, boilers, engines, hoist compressors and pipes. The company also specialized in concentrating mills of all types. Foundry work of any kind was also accepted. The plant occupied an entire block at Garfield Avenue and Kniest STREETS. A branch office was located in Chicago.
With the growth of business, the company expanded in 1891 with the construction of a two-story brick building 40 x 100 feet, a large "pattern building," and new equipment. (1)
The 1903 Dubuque County Rural Route Directory through the 1922 Dubuque Telephone Directory listed Garfield and Kniest.
The 1942 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 419 Garfield.
See: Edwin SMEDLEY
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Source:
"Enlarging the Works," Dubuque Daily Herald, September 16, 1891, p. 4